Chelsea’s Christmas woes: Mikel laments run of form, Madueke rocket & Man Utd’s ‘f***ing mess’

Why you bench them guys like felix who you know can give a backup option when palmer is not playing right, give him his 10 to 15 every game give palmer rest the last 10 minutes of the game.

I think Palmer is too free in the middle cause sometimes he took so much time before he gives the ball back

Legend has talked the boys looked like thy are on Holiday really not searious at all the manager also is to blame freezing out Nkunku nd Felix was a bad mistake he did well the 1st games of the season changing evn Nkunku felt I remember hm cmn on Bournemouth game we won 1nill then he neva really get chances Felix also we shld hv coped well in attack if these guys were used more frequently gelling wth the team we need a no 9 who can inspire the team not anthr unproven striker cheap option like tht boy from Ipswich he is good bt not for our Ambitions as a Chelsea game we need game changers Gykoress or Ohsimen to push us forward not learning cave nooooo

OBI is right it’s not a effen holiday it’s a business and a job that they get paid a lot of money for and yes Maresca is a part of the tactical issue and yes it will come back at the end of the season to bite us in the ass. Holidays are over time to pick up the pace UP THE CHELS!💙

Isn’t Nkuku a striker?

The coach cost us the defeat

Victor Osihmen is a must at Chelsea 🎇🎇🎇

We'll definitely make top4 this szn, then bring in delap, estavao, Santos & a CB this summer.

You don't need any other midfield, we have Andrey Santos who is doing very well in league one

Maresca openly said Nkunku is not a striker and that his best position is 10. When he was looking for the job, he said he watched Chelsea game all season. Did he not see Disasi making silly mistakes at right back? How on earth can you rest Jackson and not okay Guiu who is a presser? At least, Poch was giving the youngaters chance. What about Maresca? No, unless we are winning comfortably. Does he have plan B? No! Leicester fans says he doesn't have plan B. How on earth can he say we must be satisfied where we are? This is a mediocre mindset. What does he take Chelsea for? A midtable team survivor? I believe he has all this planned to defend himself with. Our recent lost of form is on him. Maresca is satisfied where he has brought Chelsea so far. That is bad omen for us. Not only is he stubborn when he has to do early substitutions, he is a coward who doesn't trust the academy players who would have done a better job because they are hungry for success. He recently said during an interview: "When you give this youngsters chance and they succeed for sometime, it go into their head and think they are good players" something along that line. If a coach is thinking in that manner, don't expect him to give youngsters a chance unless we are winning the game comfortably. Let's also remember that the team was doing well in the last six games before Poch left. It is therefore not surprised Chelsea are doing well. Yes, I admit Maresca brought style. In my opinion, Maresca is learning in the job. He must understand that Chelsea is not a midtable team even if he met us in that position. If the team is not ready to win the Premier League, at least we must compete. We cannot play that recklessly under his watch because of his inept player selection at this stage of the Premier League.

We need to bring Trevo back. He is a proper Chels 💙

No mention of victor osimhen.

Even as a Chelsea fan, I do feel for Manchester United. It's probably because my brother supports them and because what have been happening at Chelsea in the last few seasons I relate more.

However, as for Chelsea, I saw the drop in form and what we're seeing now coming. Our depeth was never that great as some pundits made it. Our first line of defence is comprised and doesn't have a good back up... every match we know that our forward line has to outscore the defensive mistakes. Any first half that ended with us not having scored at least two goals was and will be a risk.

I'm afraid that we'll be in a long period of shaky results up until after Man City who will now start winning and in 3 weeks we might find them above us again! Then let's not forgot, we will be playing most of the likely top 10 teams all in April and May. I can't hide I'm worried

we miss Lavia badly on these kind of games to chase counter attacks & own the physical part of the game beside Caicedo
beside Disasi bad form our defenders tend to lose focus 10-15mins every game (Cucu excluded he’s running his socks off)

Lavia is the one who is being missed the most, Caicedo starts at RB and and moves to midfield. Thats our strongest plus point.

I always believe in you, the midfield master. ✌️👍❤️

Enzo was the one to be blamed on mostly Ipswich game a team that came from championship. Chelsea really need good striker and a good defender

Please master of midfield, we need a complete strike like Victor Osimhen and one experience defender to get to top 4. Heaven and earth bear me witness

Lucas chevalier needs to be brought to the club

happy New year

Maresca should stop this we are not in title chase. Tell the players to brace up and chase the title. Set up your mind and fight for the title. We can do it. We are Chelsea.

Mikel you remain a Chelsea legend and of course super eagles legend. Your love for Chelsea is clear.

I've been saying for a few months [before it seems that Spurs and Arsenal are also looking] that we should sign Matheus Kunya from Wolves....a fantastic striker.He scored 3 against us at the Bridge last season.....didn't anyone notice? This season he has kicked on again.....won't be 26 until May,so please don't tell me he's too old for "club policy".

Mikel and Chris, y'all keep up the good work.

I am late on this but after watching the Ipswich game Delap could be the answer, he may not score every time but scares the crap out of the defence.

Happy New year to John Obi Mikel I hope you had a good 2024 and you're going to have a even better 2025 as for Chelsea we have to pick up our form right now if our manager has the same second half season he did with Leicester when he brought them up then were in trouble because the second half of the season he just scraped the league and they said he played a boring brand of football the second half of the season hope Chelsea can sign a number nine I love Victor O and I love Diego Costa of Porto or Liverpool Irish goalie as we're still waiting for Mike penders see if the young Belgian turns in to the goalkeeper he's being touted out to be the next big thing from Belgium and with their number one he must be good but we've got players out on loan we're going to need one of them back the Southampton boy in Lesley is going to have to come back Santos can stay at Strasbourg but we definitely need to sign for now we've got Aaron from Boca juniors in which is great as I see him as Levi's long-term partner hope Reece James makes a speedy recovery I know he was on the bench but we won him back to the real Reese James please we don't need a midfielder as we can bring one back from loaner of the two we may need a top centre half This is where Chelsea should do a massive U-turn and bring back Trevor c It's crazy if we sell this guy he's outstripping our defenders apart from Levi on stats but he has more goals than any of our centerbacks and we're letting this guy go crazy crazy I'm Chelsea till I die CFC for life come on you blues 💙 JK West London man

I said at the start of the season let's see how Chelsea's Christmas period goes because that's usually when our title charge is over we're not in a title race at all by Christmas while the end of it no we haven't had a good Christmas at all one point in nine is seriously not good enough we should be sitting in second place now Nottingham forest are don't rule them out for a surprise contender for fourth spot as they certainly are Chelsea now need to step up against crystal palace with a win CFC for life come when you blues can't wait to E Williams gets here next season and Kendry P and the rest lol JK West London man

I would take the top four at the start of the season right now but the fact that the matter is we let the last couple of games slip through our fingers completely no consistency lack of concentration not putting the ball in the back of the net we should be in second place but we're not and I do not want to be having a conversation at the year saying that we ended up coming fifth again this cannot happen we need and I mean we need champions League football to get Chelsea back on the map again and with what's coming next season then we can challenge for the league CFC for life JK West London man we are still doing the right things but we just must step up in games against the smaller clubs that we should be hammering with no disrespect to them. Come on you blues 💙 JK West London man

Not being rude but NONI M. Will lose his place to E Williams next year no problem he does not have a hope this kid is God with a football he will be the best player at our club once he joins next season after the club world cup yes I'm staying that even better than Cole Palmer Sancho's had an average season also Felix hasn't even got started Christopher I don't know what's happened to him I think he's definitely now wants to leave You can't really blame him why aren't we trying out that under 18 Spanish boy brilliant in the conference league but we're going to go for another striker If we're going to go for a strike it has to be a big one Victor O or no one at all and we may need experience in defence if we are going to come in the top four so an experience defender if we do not get an experience number one goalie these are the three positions that are going to let us down Trust me and have been letting us down certain players are underperforming now we have to get back on track straight away no excuses we don't beat palace forget the title race that's gone already in my eyes Liverpool should win the league and don't rule out Nottingham forest as a surprise contender for the league Leicester did it it could happen again you never know lightning can strike twice or could it? All I know is we must win the conference league go far in the FA cup and top four is a must CFC for life JK West London man

Obi really acts like he was a Legend at Chelsea

Happy New Year obi. am Chelsea fun from Ethiopia I think the problem is the manager. he doesn't know what player is essential for each games . He simply pick and send them to the pitch

Chelsea team selection was wrong in last match. Also why spend €51 million to constantly bench Felix. He wasn't match fit due to being left out of the team. Sancho and Madueke are inconsistent! Manager is to blame for Christmas slump, totally unacceptable against winable teams..

The players gave up!!!

Chelsea need to work on the defence, striker, goalkeeper and also consistency is important for them to win the league

Good job obi❤

Jackson consistence missing of goals and not expecting ball as a striker are alarming, we need a proven striker, Marc Guiu deserved to sub Jackson 5goals in 2games, Nkunku and Jao aren't Chelsea and Premier League Players, am tired of Chelsea team holding ball and making unnecessary passes.EPL isn't for the weak, it involves energy,brain,strength, aggressive attacking for goals.

chelsea need one midiefielder a very good midiefield palmer not a miediefield

chelsea need totonham defender and walves defender this season

chelsea need two a very good creat miedefielder and two defender

the coach is right they are not good enough chelsea team at this moment

Victor osimhen is the best player for Chelsea

As much as I understood the former player of Chelsea Obi, they did not understand the managers and coaches of Manchester United.
I am a Manchester United supporter who has been supporting this team since 2002 to 2025.
First of all, I'm surprised thatan Manchester United fans wear it, it's a mistake, piz. Ote

Once a blue💙💙💙...

My first time here as a Nigeria man and fan also a Chelsea fan, how are you guys doing today? Happy New year 🎉🎉

John plz help us to get VO9

John Obi Mikel we could do with a player of your calibre now. Chelsea legend. Everyone can see that Disasi can't play right of 3 CDs. He's a liability. Maresca lost us those games. And he needs to project a positive attitude to the players and not give them an excuse to lose games that CHELSEA should be winning. This club fights for trophies!!!!

The problem is playing out from the back teams know how to stop us as it’s very predictable and boring for us to watch it’s the worst football ever to watch I don’t think enzo will achieve anything at Chelsea because of his terrible style of play

Mikel get victor in asap we need him

I think you should start bashing Jackson he needs some motivation and you do it best